WandaVision's planned Benedict Cumberbatch cameo as Dr. Strange was scrapped because he "would have taken away from Wanda" as "the white guy" savior

Rolling Stone

Marvel's Kevin Feige confirms in a Rolling Stone oral history of WandaVision that Cumberbatch had agreed to reprise his Marvel role. But he was written out at the last minute before filming began. “Some people might say, ‘Oh, it would’ve been so cool to see Dr. Strange,’” says Feige. “But it would have taken away from Wanda, which is what we didn’t want to do. We didn’t want the end of the show to be commoditized to go to the next movie — here’s the white guy, ‘Let me show you how power works.’” Meanwhile, Elizabeth Olsen is pushing back on criticism that Wanda got off too easy by flying away without punishment after she forced an entire town of people into her sitcom fantasy world. “She had to get away before the people who have to hold her accountable got there,” she says. “And where she went is a place that no one could find her. Because she knows that she is going to be held accountable, and I think she has a tremendous amount of guilt.”